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Already planning our escape over the border for next year. I'll take you up on those then. Thanks

Yeah Shames!!!!

Pics from this weekend...

Saturday... My best day ever at Tflat:

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And Sunday from the trailhead.. (not us.):

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Today was surreal, magical and epic. Was one of maybe fifty cars that made it to the lot before the road shut down. Skied from 8:50-noon. Not a lift line to speak of. Got 17 runs in. All ......

That Meadows traffic was crawling at 6:45. It was bright red brake lights like a snake from
tflat road down to 35.

Got up here early enough. Timberline road is forked up. Basically plows have had one pass. Sides are deep and drifted. So it's single lane. Plows waiting for people to dig out. Bout a half...

I understand. But, I am not gonna let them ruin my morning. (I just want to go from 9-12) It's gonna be crowded everywhere tomorrow.

Ski Bowl closed for the day and evening. See ya in the AM.

Well yeah... I did it and posted. But I look like a complete jong doing it.

You gotta do the slalom shimmy dance and post it on instagram with hashtag #TopPeakShamesMountain. It will give shames five points per dance. Once on twitter and once on instagram.

they tell all their suburban friends to vote

Voted again.... I had to turn off my wifi so the isp wasn't the same as my laptop.

Fuk the COP

Yeah... but I am hoping it doesn't. Which means it will.

Bunch of suburban race kids whose parents probably make more than anyone in Shames.

Newly formed club... hmmmm. Sounds like a grift. Shames needs it more.

Skibowl and Tflat closed today. Skibowl may open at 1. Dayum.

good morning... Zaffino let the entire portland area know about today. So, have fun and be prepared for the liftline shit show. Can't ski till tomorrow. I'll be up getting leftovers at Skibowl...

I got my masters in Corvallis. Sleepy town with smart people and lots of great countryside. If I could land a job there equivalent to my pay in PDX, I would relocate and gladly ski WP and The Doo.

Who said Hoodoo is flat? Jonesy? Have your groms school him.

Those are TBS' tracks. Maybe he needs a lesson or two.

Dang... that hill might be local. But it ain't small.

I voted too. Never been to Shames. But I am a big fan of the small local hills.

Yeah, if the lift terminal was not where it is, we wouldn't have all that access around the volcano.

I never made a cent as a Timber Sale monitor. It was all volunteer. So there's that. Keep being closed/small minded. And enjoy slinging insults via your keyboard. It doesn't bother me. ...

Yup... you would think from some of these jongarific climate deniers that we didn't need a healthy environment and sane climate policy for skiing.

Today too. Getting jobs done around the house now that the snow has melted.

Truly. Climate Change is gonna fuck the snowpack and we won't have any skiing someday. If you were an investor with any kind of climate sense, would you put your money into another resort?
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Powder Snow is a product. Whether you are heli, cat, or resort skiing, the marketers will market it. Because... well $.

I say go to the mom and pop mountains and get to know those...

Well you better be gettin' it. It's gonna warm up a bit this weekend.

Oy..

Right? It's gonna be great.

I've found that a pair of skins can help one get back to the resort. (in summer it is one hell of a glorious ski from Illumination saddle to the tree line.)

I'm happy for you. Keep discovering and don't tell nobody. Not only are there goods at Tflat, but the vibe is way more chill. Even with lift lines, I've never waited more than 5 minutes.

Isn't that a 3 day midweek pass?

Spring Break for Oregon is March 22 - 26th... plus those weekends. We were thinking of going somewhere. And then... uh... nope. So probably a few mornings of fun on Hood. Unless we hit one of...

Today, it was very much the same at Tflat. Specifically the groomer crowd populating lift mazes and the multiple untracked runs in trees through blower pow. Still got a dozen amazing runs in before...

Shhhhhhh.......

We are heading up tomorrow. Schools are still closed.

Another amazing day at the Tflat. The snow was soft, deep, and well.. pretty damned light. It was a ghost town. Which made it very easy to get lap after lap.

Did it top two Wednesdays ago? ...

Uhhh.... they just closed my school district and I have tomorrow off... what should I do?

Thank you Ullr for the second chance.

You are not an intermediate. And fwiw, I have only been there on fresh powder days when much of it wasn't ready to ski. So, we skied that North facing ridge. Run.. after run... after glorious run....

We should do a 2022 Mag meetup at Mount Bailey Snowcats! (I miss OZ and was lucky ski with him a few times. We could rent the whole cat. I bet we could do a gofundme. :biggrin:

Tap again for the win!!!

Aaaaannnd... now I don't hate myself for not going.

Most likely never. A new resort would be a losing proposition. Best to 'improve'; and expand what we already have.

Jonesy is training the next Phil Mahre.

HaHaHaHa.... Sarcasm is Freedom!

Wait... 10 people from different states converging in one place that isn't their home? What could go wrong?

As I armchair this storm. (School district isn't shutting down remote learning.) I hope, along with all my students who aren't showing up to their zoom classes, that you mags are shralping the hell...